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English Dictionary: look	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
look n the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" Synonym(s): expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him" Synonym(s): look, looking, looking at physical appearance; "I don't like the looks of this place" the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" Synonym(s): spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell v perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!" give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time" Synonym(s): look, appear, seem have a certain outward or facial expression; "How does she look?"; "The child looks unhappy"; "She looked pale after the surgery" search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!" Synonym(s): search, look be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park" Synonym(s): front, look, face Antonym(s): back take charge of or deal with; "Could you see about lunch?"; "I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business" Synonym(s): attend, take care, look, see convey by one's expression; "She looked her devotion to me" look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" Synonym(s): expect, look, await, wait accord in appearance with; "You don't look your age!" have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis" Synonym(s): count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Look \Look\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Looked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Looking}.] [OE. loken, AS. l[omac]cian; akin to G. lugen, OHG. luog[emac]n.] 1. To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; -- with various prepositions, often in a special or figurative sense. See Phrases below. 2. To direct the attention (to something); to consider; to examine; as, to look at an action. 3. To seem; to appear; to have a particular appearance; as, the patient looks better; the clouds look rainy. It would look more like vanity than gratitude. --Addison. Observe how such a practice looks in another person. --I. Watts. 4. To have a particular direction or situation; to face; to front. The inner gate that looketh to north. --Ezek. viii. 3. The east gate . . . which looketh eastward. --Ezek. xi. 1. 5. In the imperative: see; behold; take notice; take care; observe; -- used to call attention. Look, how much we thus expel of sin, so much we expel of virtue. --Milton. Note: Look, in the imperative, may be followed by a dependent sentence, but see is oftener so used.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Look \Look\, v. t. 1. To look at; to turn the eyes toward. 2. To seek; to search for. [Obs.] Looking my love, I go from place to place. --Spenser. 3. To expect. [Obs.] --Shak. 4. To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence as, to look down opposition. A spirit fit to start into an empire, And look the world to law. --Dryden. 5. To express or manifest by a look. Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again. --Byron. {To look daggers}. See under {Dagger}. {To look in the face}, to face or meet with boldness or confidence; hence, sometimes, to meet for combat. {To look out}, to seek for; as, prudent persons look out associates good reputation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Look \Look\, n. 1. The act of looking; a glance; a sight; a view; -- often in certain phrases; as, to have, get, take, throw, or cast, a look. Threw many a northward look to see his father Bring up his powers; but he did long in vain. --Shak. 2. Expression of the eyes and face; manner; as, a proud or defiant look. [bd]Gentle looks.[b8] --Shak. Up ! up! my friends, and clear your looks. --Wordsworth. 3. Hence; Appearance; aspect; as, the house has a gloomy look; the affair has a bad look. Pain, disgrace, and poverty have frighted looks. --Locke. There was something that reminded me of Dante's Hell in the look of this. --Carlyle.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LOOK A specification language. ["A Look at Algebraic Specifications", S.N. Zilles et al, IBM RR, 1982]. (1994-11-16)